it makes perfect sense that they attacked each other
If nothing else, at least because otherwise it makes no sense to have Kageyama henshin in that scene. If Kageyama planned to just let himself be killed, he wouldn't have to henshin, he'd just stand there in human form and take a rider kick to the head. I think it was more a time constraint than anything else, we only saw Yaguruma's attack, but obviously there was more material shot to that scene that wasn't shown because the last two episodes were already rushed enough as they were.
Taking it to a story level, I'm convinced Kageyama henshined because he wanted to die but he had every intention of dying like a man, even if dying was the only thing he did right in life. And possibly he already knew that by breaking their chain, the last thing they both had, he was going to break Yaguruma himself too. So if their time was up, they better die the same way they lived - partners and rivals to the end.
(obviously KickHopper is way stronger than PunchHopper, so in the missing footage we'll never see there would probably be Yaguruma secretly letting himself get hit enough times/hard enough to be sure he was done for before finishing Kageyama, so he could die with his partner but wouldn't have to actually off himself after the fight - THAT I don't see Yaguruma doing)
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If nothing else, at least because otherwise it makes no sense to have Kageyama henshin in that scene. If Kageyama planned to just let himself be killed, he wouldn't have to henshin, he'd just stand there in human form and take a rider kick to the head. I think it was more a time constraint than anything else, we only saw Yaguruma's attack, but obviously there was more material shot to that scene that wasn't shown because the last two episodes were already rushed enough as they were.
Taking it to a story level, I'm convinced Kageyama henshined because he wanted to die but he had every intention of dying like a man, even if dying was the only thing he did right in life. And possibly he already knew that by breaking their chain, the last thing they both had, he was going to break Yaguruma himself too. So if their time was up, they better die the same way they lived - partners and rivals to the end.
(obviously KickHopper is way stronger than PunchHopper, so in the missing footage we'll never see there would probably be Yaguruma secretly letting himself get hit enough times/hard enough to be sure he was done for before finishing Kageyama, so he could die with his partner but wouldn't have to actually off himself after the fight - THAT I don't see Yaguruma doing)